Desert recluse

Loxosceles deserta

Loxosceles deserta
Scientific classification [ e ]
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Sicariidae
Genus:	Loxosceles
Species:	L. deserta
Binomial name
Loxosceles deserta Gertsch, 1973
Range of L. deserta within the United States shown in yellow. Mexican range not available.

Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a brown spider of the Sicariidae family. This spider can be found in the eastern half of southern California, the southern tip of Nevada, and the western half of Arizona, as well as the southwestern corner of Utah.

The desert recluse is commonly misidentified as (of South America) or as L. reclusa (the brown recluse of the southern and midwestern states), two spiders which do not live anywhere near the vicinity. It dwells mainly in the wild, and its only domestic occurrence is that near native vegetation, avoiding urban areas in the desert and even green lawns. The spiders are particularly dense in packrat dens. Lesions of the skin can be caused by the venomous bite of the desert recluse. For more detailed information on the bite of this and other brown spiders, see Recluse spider#Venom components and effects.

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